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Accelerating energy transition by forming virtual power plants on blockchain

Renewable Energy World

Recent trends in DER have provided the opportunity to form virtual power plants (VPPs) to aggregate and coordinate behind the meter resources across the network to exploit their flexibility. Australia has the highest uptake of solar globally, with more than 2.68 Increase in DER integration. Can VPPs be a game-changer?

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Green Mountain Power pilots blockchain-driven solar for low and moderate income customers

Smart Energy International

Vermont power distribution company Green Mountain Power is piloting LO3 Energy’s Pando local energy marketplace platform. Green Mountain Power’s ‘Sun Match’ pilot is aimed to enable low and middle-income customers to benefit from solar power without them having to build their own systems. Have you read?

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100% renewable powered Bitcoin mining facility to prove concept

Smart Energy International

The facility will be powered by Tesla technology, including a 3.8MW Tesla solar PV array and 12MWh Tesla Megapack. 38 million renewable fund to offset blockchain energy use in US Proof-of-stake blockchains – not all are equal. “We?re The expected hash rate is a modest 30PH. Have you read? $38 s synergy with renewables.”.

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Let’s incubate the Green Swans hatched by the COVID-19 Black Swan

GreenBiz

The global COVID-19 pandemic is a historic Black Swan event that offers a Green Swan of opportunities to harvest innovation from 50 years of converging exponential technologies. Utilities already have found wind and solar power are less costly sources of energy. It is up to us to innovate and advocate to make the right choices.

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Greentown Labs Member Milestones — September 2021

Greentown Labs

INOVUES , a Greentown alum and InNOVAte 2019 Challenge participant, has completed its first commercial project in Seattle. Solarflux released a new tool called CASPER that compares the energy collection and conversion efficiency of concentrating solar power technologies, such as their FOCUS parabolic dish concentrator.

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Meet Our Members: Introducing Greentown’s Newest Startups of Q3 2021

Greentown Labs

Twenty startups joined our community in Q3 2021, working on innovations as diverse as carbon-negative fats, energy-efficient membrane materials for chemical separations, and scalable electric vehicle charging solutions for high-density urban settings. The company pays its users for saving energy when the grid is at risk of using dirty power.

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SEF Weekly: German interconnector, bp R&D and heat network retrofitting

Smart Energy International

and Microsoft expand their partnership on digital innovation, starting with algorithmic hedging; Switch2 Energy wins a 30-year heat network retrofit contract; and Apex Clean Energy has announced extensive refinancing to provide additional capital and flexibility for future growth. Image: Hitachi Energy. Microsoft and E.ON